Comments on: The Only True Genius in the Family by Jennie Nash http://wordlily.com/2009/04/28/the-only-true-genius-in-the-family-by-jennie-nash/ For the love of language (and some fiber arts, too) Tue, 29 May 2012 12:29:19 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Review and Contest: The Threadbare Heart by Jennie Nash « Word Lily http://wordlily.com/2009/04/28/the-only-true-genius-in-the-family-by-jennie-nash/#comment-5489 Sun, 02 May 2010 15:11:22 +0000 http://wordlily.wordpress.com/?p=1461#comment-5489 [...] I loved Nash’s The Only True Genius in the Family, and I love The Threadbare Heart. I went into this book with admittedly high expectations, and I [...]

]]> By: JHS http://wordlily.com/2009/04/28/the-only-true-genius-in-the-family-by-jennie-nash/#comment-5397 Sat, 10 Apr 2010 23:27:44 +0000 http://wordlily.wordpress.com/?p=1461#comment-5397 Sounds intriguing; like exactly the type of book I love!

JHS
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]]> By: Balancing Acts by Zoe Fishman « Word Lily http://wordlily.com/2009/04/28/the-only-true-genius-in-the-family-by-jennie-nash/#comment-5381 Thu, 08 Apr 2010 03:07:57 +0000 http://wordlily.wordpress.com/?p=1461#comment-5381 [...] Thoughts Balancing Acts struck me as kind of a cross between Sex in the City and Jennie Nash’s The Only True Genius in the Family. [...]

]]> By: My best 2009 reads « Word Lily http://wordlily.com/2009/04/28/the-only-true-genius-in-the-family-by-jennie-nash/#comment-4457 Fri, 04 Dec 2009 13:30:06 +0000 http://wordlily.wordpress.com/?p=1461#comment-4457 [...] by Jedediah Berry (fiction, mystery) 6. Lost Mission by Athol Dickson (Christian fiction, faith) 7. The Only True Genius in the Family by Jennie Nash (fiction) 8. Nine Lives: Death and Life in New Orleans by Dan Baum (nonfiction) 9. Sweeping Up [...]

]]> By: Best Intentions by Emily Listfield « Word Lily http://wordlily.com/2009/04/28/the-only-true-genius-in-the-family-by-jennie-nash/#comment-2967 Tue, 12 May 2009 19:00:56 +0000 http://wordlily.wordpress.com/?p=1461#comment-2967 [...] I could relate to Lisa, but I was also impatient toward her. Claire, in The Only True Genius in the Family, was also consumed by doubt, but I didn’t get frustrated with her like I did with [...]

]]> By: Saturday Review of Books: May 2, 2009 at Semicolon http://wordlily.com/2009/04/28/the-only-true-genius-in-the-family-by-jennie-nash/#comment-2959 Sat, 09 May 2009 04:11:47 +0000 http://wordlily.wordpress.com/?p=1461#comment-2959 [...] soup (Cake picture books)74. MFS @ Mental multivitamin (Revealing)75. Word Lily (Violet Dawn)76. Word Lily (The Only True Genius in the Family)77. blacklin (There’s A Dead Person Following My Sister Around)78. Sarah M., Library Hospital [...]

]]> By: Jennie Nash http://wordlily.com/2009/04/28/the-only-true-genius-in-the-family-by-jennie-nash/#comment-2899 Wed, 29 Apr 2009 15:01:38 +0000 http://wordlily.wordpress.com/?p=1461#comment-2899 Hi Wordlily,

Thanks for your kind words about my book. I’m glad you found it inspiring and hopeful. I always have a hard time deciding upon my characters’ relationship to religion. It’s such a big thing, such a complex thing, and I find that I can’t ignore it. I’m wrestling with that right now with my novel-in-progress. We’ll see how it turns out! Cheers, Jennie Nash

]]> By: wordlily http://wordlily.com/2009/04/28/the-only-true-genius-in-the-family-by-jennie-nash/#comment-2893 Wed, 29 Apr 2009 02:24:19 +0000 http://wordlily.wordpress.com/?p=1461#comment-2893 Leaning more toward hostile, but that’s stronger language than I’d apply in this case. It really wasn’t that big of a deal (what I’m thinking of was just a brief scene), I just didn’t like it. It was more a total discounting of all organized religion.

]]> By: jennysbooks http://wordlily.com/2009/04/28/the-only-true-genius-in-the-family-by-jennie-nash/#comment-2892 Wed, 29 Apr 2009 01:48:57 +0000 http://wordlily.wordpress.com/?p=1461#comment-2892 This looks really good. Can I ask what sort of an attitude the author took towards organized religion? Unremittingly hostile, or giving it too much of a pass?

]]> By: bermudaonion http://wordlily.com/2009/04/28/the-only-true-genius-in-the-family-by-jennie-nash/#comment-2891 Tue, 28 Apr 2009 20:38:04 +0000 http://wordlily.wordpress.com/?p=1461#comment-2891 This one is near the top of my wish list.

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